When I introduced the XMail Server ebuild to Gentoo, I tried to achieve the same resulting install that one would have if following the Readme.html document. This way, the documentation would match one's file system. Also, since it was new to Gentoo, I thought following the documentation would be a Good Idea.
I don't prefer non-chroot over chroot. I think a chroot-ed server that doesn't match the distributed documentation is a poor choice for an audience of users who likely have never used the server before. Davide specifically addresses his choice of permissions and file locations in the documentation, and I don't believe his setup is any less secure than he claims. I also don't agree that the ebuild should do the chroot for you. Most other servers in Gentoo don't do that. That is a server setup left to the skills of dedicated administrators. I wouldn't mind having two ebuilds in Gentoo, as long as it's clear which is which. The documentation would have to be changed or appended for the chroot-ed version, too. QuinoX wrote: > 1) If I may ask, why do you prefer nonchroot over chroot ? > 2) If you add a nonchrooted version to portage, will that make my server > nonchrooted too if I use that ebuild to update? If it does, I guess some > people will not like that (myself included) > > Kevin Williams schrieb: > > >>Feel free to update that ebuild and use it however you like. >> >>Dustin C. Hatch wrote: >> >> >> >>>Has someone created an ebuild for 1.21 yet? If not, I will create it >>>and submit it to gentoo's bugzilla. Kevin, is it alright if I update >>>the ebuild you sent me? I prefer it to the chrooted version. >>> >>>Dustin C. Hatch >>>http://www.dchweb.com/ >>> >>>Davide Libenzi wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>1.21 it is, at the end: >>>> >>>>http://www.xmailserver.org >>>> >>>>*snip impressive list of changes snip* >>>> >>>>- Davide >>>> >>>>- >>>>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >>>>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------- Scanned for viruses by ClamAV - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
